Category: Suburban News

  • Shepler, former Old Bridge administrator, dies at 68

    BY REBECCA MORTON and MARK ROSMAN Staff Writers Alayne M. Shepler OLD BRIDGE — Alayne M. Shepler, who enjoyed a career running the day-to-day business of towns, including Old Bridge, Marlboro and Manalapan, died on Jan. 18 at CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township. Shepler, who was retired, lived in Marlboro for 30 years before moving…

  • Sayreville police: ATM stolen from service station

    SAYREVILLE — Police are investigating the theft of an ATM and a drawer of cash from a local service station. According to borough police, thieves broke into the convenience store at the Raceway gas station located at Ernston Road and Bordentown Avenue and stole the banking machine and a cash register drawer just before 4:30…

  • Palma set to perform at O.B.’s Friendly Sons

    BY LAUREN CIRAULO Staff Writer Patsy Palma OLD BRIDGE — A local crooner is set to serenade the crowd with standards from the Great American Songbook this Saturday. The Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh on Oak Street is the next stop for Patsy Palma and Friends, a Sayreville-based singing group that frequents local venues, performing…

  • Runners, bikers will aid leukemia society

    Participants from N.J. are being recruited now for Team In Training effort BY CLARE MARIE CELANO Staff Writer Walkers, runners and hikers have the ability to get fit and to help make a difference in the lives of those with blood cancers. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team In Training (TNT) is recruiting participants now…

  • Tomaro eager to take service to county level

    Democrat is first freeholder from Edison in six years BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Charles Tomaro A s Edison bid farewell to a longtime Township Council member last week, Middlesex County said hello to a new freeholder. Charles Tomaro resigned from the council effective Jan. 6 to be sworn in as the newest member of…

  • Paddling away

    Top: Former U.S. Olympic table tennis team member Lily Yip, who resides in Warren and operates Lily Yip Sports Inc., plays during a kickoff exhibition for the Old Bridge YMCA’s table tennis program Dec. 29. Below: Danish Muir, 8, of Old Bridge, gets ready for a hit. PHOTOS BY SCOTT FRIEDMAN

  • Reward offered for safe return of Charlie Brown

    Dog goes missing shortly after arriving at Marlboro home A cash reward is being offered for the safe return of a lost dog named Charlie Brown. Charlie Brown is shy, traumatized and scared, according to Michelle Forsythe, a rescue transport coordinator from Pennsylvania who helped arrange the adoption of the 18-month-old reddish brown lab mix…

  • Vacant home burglarized

    OLD BRIDGE — A vacant township home that is currently up for sale was burglarized last week. Copper plumbing was stolen from the empty Balmoor Road house sometime during the week leading up to Jan. 13. A real estate agent reported the burglary to police at 4:30 p.m. Jan. 13 when the agent made a…

  • Judge declares Henry South Amboy’s mayor

    O’Connor attorney says he will appeal decision BY JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent I t may have taken a judge to declare it so, but Fred Henry is the official winner of South Amboy’s mayoral election. The election, in which Henry, a Democrat, had secured one vote more than independent candidate Mary O’Connor on Nov. 2, has…